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appliqué

UK/əˈpliː.keɪ/US/ˌæ.plɪˈkeɪ/
nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Appliqué is decoration made by sewing shapes onto a background. Work in appliqué.

The edges must be turned under or stitched down, or the whole thing frays. Appliqué is how quilts carry pictures rather than patterns.

Wmpearl · CC0

Definitions of appliqué

  1. 1nounappliquéDecoration made by sewing shapes onto a background.C1

    “The appliqué on the quilt took nine months.”

appliqué is a technique.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    appliqué

  2. English

    applique

  3. English, today

    appliqué

applique Borrowed from French appliqué.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Knitting & Sewing

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